VI 



IRISH GARDENING 



Correspondence. 



ROCK PLANTS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT. 



TO THE EDITOR IRISH GARDENING. 



8iR, — I am sure every lover of a rock ".lardeii 

 ;i<i:r(n'S with Mr. Hornibrook, in this montirs })a])ei-, 

 lliat iiiuners ami seeders can ho ixvont ])esls; hiil 

 worse Ihan either is a i)hinl that hotli runs and 

 seeds. 



Jlicriiciiuii II II III iifiticii III came to me from a first 

 chiss nursery with otlun- tilings. I liked the colour, 

 and 1)1 anted it with care in the rock garden. I have 

 heen digging it uj) with ililticultv ever since. 



1). W. II. 



Auiiust Otli. 



Catalogues. 



Sittton's Bui.hs. — Ahliough Ixilhous flowers are 

 geiu'rally associated with winter and S])ring days, 

 it is at the ])resent season of the year, while 

 gardens are still gay with summer bedders, that 

 ])lans for ensuring displays of Hyacinths, Narcissi, 

 Tulips, Crocuses, and other delightful ])ull)ous sub- 

 jects must be made. 



We lire reminded by Messrs. Sutton's charming 



annual on Bulbs, a co])y of which for 1920 has just 

 reached us, that to obtain an abundance of frag- 

 rant blossoms early, a start nmst be made in 

 August or 8ei)teml)er by potting Roman and Italian 

 Hyacinths, and the Paper White and Double 

 Roman Narcissi. 



It is when grown in masses in the open ground 

 that bulbs s1k)w to greatest advantage, for no othei- 

 class of flowers produces so wide a range of lieauti- 

 ful i)ure tints. They are x^erfectly hardy and may 

 be planted in any part of the garden without the 

 least misgiving. But apart from their great value 

 for enlivening beds and l)orders when very few 

 other flowers are available, Inilbs are unsurpassed 

 for supplying cut blooms, for which purpose it will 

 be found economical to plant tliem in any odd 

 corner. 



The book contains a niunl)-er of cultural notes, 

 and is freely interspersed with illustrations which 

 will afford suggestions for admirable arrangements 



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